One of the vital things this strike has already done is shown people that like 1% of actors are rich and famous. The rest are workers struggling to get by.
I've put a pause on a lot of my creative stuff for the past few months due to life getting me pretty low, but it's time to come back up! I got a new mic for recording, but I had to sacrifice the switch capture card connection to my PC. I think the sound quality is worth it though
The landscape of this country has shifted dramatically. Food is too expensive and we all know it. Housing is too expensive and we all know it. Capitalism is a rigged system, and more and more people know it.
There’s tons of organizing to be done, but the tides are turning.
If the CEO of McDonalds stopped working, the company would still make money.
If the cooks stop working, McDonalds wouldn’t make a dime.
Don’t tell me those cooks don’t deserve a living wage.
It’s super cool how we’re ruled by two parties full of senile octogenarians whose only two modes are 1) openly resenting us or 2) not even knowing where they are
NEW: Filing your taxes could be free starting this year.
The IRS is running a direct-file pilot program.The goal is to make companies like TurboTax obsolete through a system where your taxes are filled out for you.
But tax prep companies are spending millions to block them.
This is massive. Organizing with your neighbors in a tenants union is one of the biggest ways you can make a difference in your life and in your community.
NEW: National rent control is closer than you think.
A historic wave of tenant organizing is on the verge of winning renter protections that would be attached to federal loans—affecting 1 in 4 apartments.
But Greystar, Blackstone, & AvalonBay are spending millions to block it.
UPS WORKERS WON
- 48% INCREASE IN WAGES FOR PART-TIME WORKERS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS
- A/C AND FANS IN DELIVERY VANS
- END TO FORCED OVERTIME ON DAYS OFF
- CREATION OF 7,500 FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND THE FILLING OF 22,500 OPEN POSITIONS
- IMMEDIATE PAY INCREASES
UNIONS WORK